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The office of Prime Minister of Iran was established in 1907 during the Persian Constitutional Revolution and existed until 1989 when the office was abolished after a constitutional referendum. The prime minister was the head of government of Iran.
Ali Asghar Khan Atabak was the first and Mir-Hossein Mousavi was the last prime minister of Iran. Before the Constitutional Revolution, the head of government was called the Grand Vizier (Sadr-e A'zam or Vazir-e A'zam).
List of officeholders
;Political party key
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" | Portrait
! rowspan="2" | Name<br />
! colspan="3" | Term of office
! rowspan="2" | Political party
! rowspan="2" | Head of state<br />
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! colspan="8" |30px • Sublime State of Persia (1907–1925) • 20px
|-
! style="background:; color:black;" | —
| 80px
| Soltan-Ali Vazir-e Afkham<br /><br /><br />
| 21 March 1907
| 29 April 1907
|
| Independent
| rowspan="7" |Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar<br />80px<br />
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"| 1
| 80px
| Ali-Asghar Khan Atabak<br /><br />
| 4 May 1907
| 31 August 1907<br />
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"| 2
| 80px
| Ahmad Moshir al-Saltaneh<br /><br />
| 16 September 1907
| 27 October 1907
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"| 3
| 80px
| Abolqasem Naser ol-Molk<br /><br />
| 27 October 1907
| 21 December 1907
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"| 4
| 80px
| Hossein-Qoli Nezam al-Saltaneh Mafi<br /><br />
| 21 December 1907
| 21 May 1908
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"|
| 80px
| Ahmad Moshir al-Saltaneh<br /><br />
| 7 June 1908
| 29 April 1909
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"| —
| 80px
| Javad Sa'd al-Dowleh<br /><br /><br />
| 8 May 1909
| 13 July 1909<br />
|
| Independent
|-
| colspan="3" |Interim Cabinet without Prime Minister<br /><br />
| 17 July 1909
| 30 September 1909
|
| –
| rowspan="28" |Ahmad Shah Qajar<br />80px<br />
|-
! style="background:DarkRed; color:white;"| 5
| 80px
| Mohammad Vali Khan Khalatbari Tonekaboni<br /><br />
| 30 September 1909
| 25 July 1910
|
| Moderate Socialists
|-
! style="background:DarkSlateBlue; color:white;"| 6
| 80px
| Mostowfi ol-Mamalek<br /><br />
| 25 July 1910
| 12 March 1911
|
| Democrats
|-
! style="background:DarkRed; color:white;"|
| 80px
| Mohammad Vali Khan Khalatbari Tonekaboni<br /><br />
| 12 March 1911
| 26 July 1911
|
| Moderate Socialists
|-
! style="background:DarkRed; color:white;"| 7
| 80px
| Najaf-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari<br /><br />
| 26 July 1911
| 1913
|
| Moderate Socialists
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"| 8
| 80px
| Mohammad-Ali Ala ol-Saltaneh<br /><br />
| 18 January 1913
| 16 August 1913
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:DarkSlateBlue; color:white;"|
| 80px
| Mostowfi ol-Mamalek<br /><br />
| 17 August 1913
| 14 March 1915
|
| Democrats
|-
! style="background:DarkRed; color:white;"| 9
| 80px
| Hassan Pirnia<br /><br />
| 14 March 1915
| 1 May 1915
|
| Moderate Socialists
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"| 10
| 80px
| Abdol Majid Mirza<br /><br />
| 1 May 1915
| 18 August 1915
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:DarkSlateBlue; color:white;"|
| 80px
| Mostowfi ol-Mamalek<br /><br />
| 18 August 1915
| 24 December 1915
|
| Democrats
|-
! style="background:DarkRed; color:white;"| 11
| 80px
| Abdol-Hossein Mirza Farman Farma<br /><br />
| 24 December 1915
| 29 February 1916
|
| Moderate Socialists
|-
! style="background:DarkRed; color:white;"|
| 80px
| Mohammad Vali Khan Khalatbari Tonekaboni<br /><br />
| 5 March 1916
| 29 August 1916
|
| Moderate Socialists
|-
! style="background:DarkSlateBlue; color:white;"| 12
| 80px
| Vosugh od-Dowleh<br /><br />
| 29 August 1916
| 5 June 1917
|
| Democrats
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"|
| 80px
| Mohammad-Ali Ala ol-Saltaneh<br /><br />
| 5 June 1917
| 21 November 1917
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"|
| 80px
| Abdol Majid Mirza<br /><br />
| 21 November 1917
| 16 January 1918
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:DarkSlateBlue; color:white;"|
| 80px
| Mostowfi ol-Mamalek<br /><br />
| 16 January 1918
| 1 May 1918
|
| Democrats
|-
! style="background:DarkRed; color:white;"|
| 80px
| Najaf-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari<br /><br />
| 1 May 1918
| 8 August 1918
|
| Moderate Socialists
|-
! style="background:DarkSlateBlue; color:white;"|
| rowspan=2|80px
| rowspan=2|Vosugh od-Dowleh<br /><br />
| rowspan=2|8 August 1918
| rowspan=2|3 July 1920
| rowspan=2|
| Democrats<br />
|-
! style="background:; color:;"|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"|
| 80px
| Hassan Pirnia<br /><br />
| 3 July 1920
| 27 October 1920
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"| 13
| 80px
| Fathollah Khan Akbar<br /><br />
| 27 October 1920
| 22 February 1921<br />
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"| 14
| 80px
| Zia ol Din Tabatabaee<br /><br />
| 24 February 1921
| 4 June 1921
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:FireBrick; color:white;"| 15
| 80px
| Qavām os-Saltaneh<br /><br />
| 4 June 1921
| 21 January 1922
|
| Reformers' Party
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"|
| 80px
| Hassan Pirnia<br /><br />
| 21 January 1922
| 22 June 1922
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:FireBrick; color:white;"|
| 80px
| Qavām os-Saltaneh<br /><br />
| 22 June 1922
| 15 February 1923
|
| Reformers' Party
|-
! style="background:; color:white;"|
| 80px
| Mostowfi ol-Mamalek<br /><br />
| 15 February 1923
| 15 June 1923
|
| Revival Party
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"|
| 80px
| Hassan Pirnia<br /><br />
| 15 June 1923
| 26 October 1923
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"| 16
| 80px
| Reza Khan Sardar Sepah<br /><br />
| 26 October 1923
| 12 December 1925<br />
|
| Military
|-
! colspan="8" |30px • Imperial State of Iran (1925–1979) • 20px
|-
! style="background:; color:white;"| —
| 80px
| Mohammad Ali Foroughi<br /><br /><br />
| 12 December 1925
| 13 June 1926
|
| Revival Party
| rowspan="8" style="font-weight:normal" |Reza Shah Pahlavi<br />80px<br />
|-
! style="background:; color:white;"|
| 80px
| Mostowfi ol-Mamalek<br /><br />
| 13 June 1926
| 2 June 1927
|
| Revival Party
|-
! style="background:; color:white;"| 17
| rowspan=2|80px
| rowspan=2|Mehdi Hedayat<br /><br />
| rowspan=2|2 June 1927
| rowspan=2|18 September 1933
| rowspan=2|
| Revival Party<br />
|-
! style="background:; color:;"|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"| 18
| 80px
| Mohammad Ali Foroughi<br /><br />
| 18 September 1933
| 3 December 1935
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"| 19
| 80px
| Mahmoud Djam<br /><br />
| 3 December 1935
| 26 October 1939
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"| 20
| 80px
| Ahmad Matin-Daftari<br /><br />
| 26 October 1939
| 26 June 1940
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"| 21
| 80px
| Ali Mansur<br /><br />
| 26 June 1940
| 27 August 1941<br />
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"|
| 80px
| Mohammad Ali Foroughi<br /><br />
| 27 August 1941
| 9 March 1942
|
| Independent
| rowspan="35" style="font-weight:normal" |Mohammad Reza Pahlavi<br />80px<br />
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"| 22
| 80px
| Ali Soheili<br /><br />
| 9 March 1942
| 9 August 1942
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"|
| 80px
| Ahmad Qavam<br /><br />
| 9 August 1942
| 15 February 1943
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"|
| 80px
| Ali Soheili<br /><br />
| 15 February 1943
| 6 April 1944
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"| 23
| 80px
| Mohammad Sa'ed<br /><br />
| 6 April 1944
| 25 November 1944
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"| 24
| 80px
| Morteza-Qoli Bayat<br /><br />
| 25 November 1944
| 13 May 1945
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"| 25
| 80px
| Ebrahim Hakimi<br /><br />
| 13 May 1945
| 6 June 1945
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"| 26
| 80px
| Mohsen Sadr<br /><br />
| 6 June 1945
| 30 October 1945
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"|
| 80px
| Ebrahim Hakimi<br /><br />
| 30 October 1945
| 28 January 1946
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"|
| rowspan=2|80px
| rowspan=2|Ahmad Qavam<br /><br />
| rowspan=2|28 January 1946
| rowspan=2|18 December 1947
| rowspan=2|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:Green; color:;"|
| Democrat Party of Iran<br />
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"|
| 80px
| Ebrahim Hakimi<br /><br />
| 29 December 1947
| 13 June 1948
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"| 27
| 80px
| Abdolhossein Hazhir<br /><br />
| 13 June 1948
| 9 November 1948
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"|
| 80px
| Mohammad Sa'ed<br /><br />
| 9 November 1948
| 23 March 1950
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"|
| 80px
| Ali Mansur<br /><br />
| 23 March 1950
| 26 June 1950
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"| 28
| 80px
| Ali Razmara<br /><br />
| 26 June 1950
| 7 March 1951<br />
|
| Military
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"| —
| 80px
| <br /><br /><br />
| 7 March 1951
| 12 March 1951
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"| 29
| 80px
| Hossein Ala'<br /><br />
| 12 March 1951
| 27 April 1951
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"| 30
| 80px
| Mohammad Mosaddegh<br /><br />
| 28 April 1951
| 17 July 1952
|
| National Front
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"|
| 80px
| Ahmad Qavam<br /><br />
| 17 July 1952
| 22 July 1952
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"|
| 80px
| Mohammad Mosaddegh<br /><br />
| 22 July 1952
| 19 August 1953<br />
|
| National Front
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"| 31
| 80px
| Fazlollah Zahedi<br /><br />
| 19 August 1953
| 7 April 1955
|
| Military
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"|
| 80px
| Hossein Ala'<br /><br />
| 7 April 1955
| 3 April 1957
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:white;"| 32
| 80px
| Manouchehr Eghbal<br /><br />
| 3 April 1957
| 31 August 1960
|
| Nationalists' Party
|-
! style="background:; color:white;"| 33
| 80px
| Jafar Sharif-Emami<br /><br />
| 31 August 1960
| 5 May 1961
|
| Nationalists' Party
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"| 34
| 80px
| Ali Amini<br /><br />
| 5 May 1961
| 19 July 1962
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:white;"| 35
| 80px
| Asadollah Alam<br /><br />
| 19 July 1962
| 7 March 1964
|
| People's Party
|-
! style="background:; color:white;"| 36
| 80px
| Hassan Ali Mansur<br /><br />
| 7 March 1964
| 26 January 1965<br />
|
| New Iran Party
|-
! style="background:; color:white;"| 37
| rowspan=2|80px
| rowspan=2|Amir-Abbas Hoveyda<br /><br />
| rowspan=2|26 January 1965
| rowspan=2|7 August 1977
| rowspan=2|
| New Iran Party<br />
|-
! style="background:; color:;"|
| Rastakhiz Party
|-
! style="background:; color:white;"| 38
| 80px
| Jamshid Amouzegar<br /><br />
| 7 August 1977
| 27 August 1978
|
| Rastakhiz Party
|-
! style="background:; color:white;"|
| rowspan=2|80px
| rowspan=2|Jafar Sharif-Emami<br /><br />
| rowspan=2|27 August 1978
| rowspan=2|6 November 1978
| rowspan=2|
| Rastakhiz Party<br />
|-
! style="background:; color:;"|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"| 39
| 80px
| Gholam Reza Azhari<br /><br />
| 6 November 1978
| 4 January 1979
|
| Military
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"| 40
| 80px
| Shapour Bakhtiar<br /><br />
| 4 January 1979
| 11 February 1979<br />
|
| National Front<br />
|-
! colspan="8" |30px • Islamic Republic of Iran (1979–present) • 20px
|-
! style="background:; color:black;"| 41
| 80px
| Mehdi Bazargan<br /><br />
| 4 February 1979
| 6 November 1979<br />
|
| Freedom Movement
| rowspan="7" style="font-weight:normal" |Ruhollah Khomeini<br />80px<br />
|-
| colspan="5" |Interim Government of the Council of the Islamic Revolution<br /><br />
|
| —
|-
! style="background:;"| Government of Mohammad-Ali Rajai (1980–81)|
| 80px
| Mohammad-Ali Rajai<br /><br />
| 12 August 1980
| 4 August 1981
|
| Islamic Association of Teachers of Iran
|-
! style="background:;"| Government of Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (1981)|
| 80px
| Mohammad-Javad Bahonar<br /><br />
| 4 August 1981
| 30 August 1981<br />
|
| Islamic Republican Party
|-
! style="background:;"| Interim Government of Iran (1981)|
| 80px
| Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani<br /><br />
| 2 September 1981
| 31 October 1981
|
| Combatant Clergy Association
|-
! style="background:;"| Government of Mir-Hossein Mousavi (1981–89)|
| rowspan=2|80px
| rowspan=2|Mir-Hossein Mousavi<br /><br />
| rowspan=2|31 October 1981
| rowspan=2|16 August 1989
| rowspan=2|
| Islamic Republican Party<br />
|-
! style="background:;"|
| Independent
|-
| colspan="8" | Post abolished (16 August 1989 – present)
|}
Timeline
See also
- List of monarchs of Iran
- President of Iran
- List of presidents of Iran
- List of vice presidents of Iran
- List of speakers of the Parliament of Iran
References
Sources
- However, the birth year indicated there (1858) does not agree with his WorldCat entry and with his VIAF entry, both of which give 1857.